Just like eating pizza with a tandoori chicken topping, post modernism offers a mish mash mix of all kinds of philosophies served in a viable and attractive form, just take what suits you and leave the rest sort of format. Here east meets west and creates a new color or genre which is almost foreign to the east where the thinking or philosophy might have originated.
Take for example the post modern yoga which is being marketed to the West by techno and business savvy gurus.It is very different from the classic yoga as it is known in India. And so it is with the other religions and philosophies being exported for western consumption.
Noted Indian philosopher, author and speaker of International acclaim, Vishal Mangalwadi , discusses some of these topics . I will share some of his short videos.
I am reading his book called The book that Changed Your World (see side bar).
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Wisdom From India- Buddhism
Posted by Amrita at Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Labels: Video, Wisdom from India
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7 Fertilize my soul:
Yes, we in Poland have many Eastern religions, maybe Roman Catholic church is still power here, but many young people believe in many elements of Buddhism and Hinduism - for example reincarnation. Yoga is sometimes even tought in schools at physical excercises or is recommended by many doctors.
I had been done yoga before my conversion. But some evening after convertion I felt something bad with Yoga - and I stopped do it. I think it isn't normal physical excercise, it is spiritual issue.
Dear Amrita,
I think the more we learn the greater will the confusion become.
The problem with for instance Buddhism is that people simply are knitting their own home-made belief, they pick something from here and other things from there and end up with total confusion.
It's so sad. Spiritual issues aren't a play tool for people. I can feel, very strongly too, the distance which is created once a person announces he believes in transmigration or other obscure solutions to religious questions.
When I ask "Where did the first soul come from, and how are they multiplying e.t.c." people become aggressive, and that is so sad.
I have not found much peace among people who call themselves Buddhists. Just a wish for rest for their tortured souls.
It is sad, really.
be good to others you do not need anything extra
Before I became born again I was leaning towards the teachings of Buddhism. But even during those times, I was aware of the contrast in the teachings of Buddhism and the word of God as contained in the Bible. I threw out all my Buddhist beliefs when I fully embraced the word of God and Jesus Christ. The most glaring differences of the two beliefs are as follows:
1. Buddhism teaches personal attainment of enlightenment to escape birth and rebirth and karma while Christianity teaches the grace of God to wipe away all sins after accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and savior.
2. Buddhism and Hinduism embrace polytheism or the worship of gods and demigods while Christianity worship only one God.
3. Buddhism believes in a series of birth and rebirths until one attains Nirvana while Christianity says, "It is appointed for man to die once and after that judgment" (Hebrews 9:27)
There are many more differences but the above differences are the major ones. Thanks for the post. God bless you always.
Dear Zim, Felisol and Mel thank you for sharing your thoughts here. I really appreciate your input.
Dear sm, welcome to my blog. I am intertested in the topics you discuss on your blog.
In Feb, millions of rupees were discovered in the monastary housing the Karmapa Lama ( a Tibetan spiritual leader). Much o f it in foreign currency even illegal Chinese banknotes.
Recently some luxury cars were confiscated from a Bhutanense monastary in Shimla.
These monks are certainly not selling their Ferraris
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